A Scoping Review of Workplace Culture of Health Measures

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to review existing measures of workplace culture of health and to examine the health and wellbeing outcomes associated with workplace culture of health.

Data Sources

PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases searched through February 2022.

Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

Articles were included if they used a specific measure to assess culture of health in the workplace and were published in English. Articles were excluded if there was no quantitative measure of health culture.

Data Extraction

Data from each article was extracted using a structured template which included study purpose, participants and setting, study design, intervention strategies (if applicable), culture of health measure, and results.

Data Synthesis

We described culture of health measures used and summarized key findings from included articles.

Results

The search yielded 31 articles measuring workplace culture of health (three validation, two intervention, and 26 observational studies). Nineteen unique measures were used across all articles. Most studies examined culture of health from the employee perspective (n = 23), while others examined it at the organizational level (n = 7). The studies indicated a positive relationship between health and well-being outcomes and a strong workplace health culture.

Conclusion

There are many different approaches to measuring workplace health culture. Overall, workplace culture of health is related to positive employee and organizational health and wellbeing outcomes.